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Medical Marijuana Patients, City of San Diego Reject County's Claim of Federal Preemption

Paul Marini | December 18, 2007

San Diego, CA -- A group of medical marijuana patients from across California filed a legal brief today using two new legal arguments that oppose San Diego County's attempt to overturn state law. The patients' brief, filed by Americans for...

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California Weekly Round Up

Paul Marini | December 14, 2007

Dozens of Patients and Activists Protest DEA in Support of Tainted, Inc. Today, dozens of Bay Area activists gathered at the Oakland Federal Building in protest of the recent raids on several Tainted, Inc. facilities and the arrests of four...

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SELF-HELP LAW: California pot laws, Part 2

Paul Marini | December 11, 2007

Marc Komer, Willits News (CA) Proposition 215, the California Compassionate Use Act, was enacted by the voters and took effect on November 6, 1996. This law fundamentally changed who can be arrested for possessing marijuana in this state.

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December 2007 Activist Newsletter

Paul Marini | December 04, 2007

Volume 2, Issue 12

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Court of Appeals Orders Police to Return Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | December 03, 2007

For years there has been harassment against medical marijuana patients through the confiscation of their medicine, and, until now, there had been no clear statement on this by the appellate courts. On Wednesday, this changed. In City of Garden Grove...

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ASA Applauds Gov. Richardson’s Inclusion of Medical Marijuana in HIV/AIDS Platform

Paul Marini | December 03, 2007

On Saturday, December 1, to commemorate Worlds AIDS Day, Democratic Presidential Candidate, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson unveiled his HIV/AIDS policy platform.  In addition to recognizing the need for a National AIDS Strategy, the Governor’s plan includes a provision that...

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California Weekly Round Up

Paul Marini | November 30, 2007

Victory in Kha Case Will Have a Major Impact for Patients This week, medical marijuana patients throughout California received a monumental victory.  On Wednesday, a California Appeals Court ruled that “it is not the job of the local police to...

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Visiting with Stephanie Landa

Paul Marini | November 29, 2007

Jane is a medical marijuana activist and ASA volunteer in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Recently, I joined fellow activists Ana and Chris to make our bi-monthly trek up the 5 freeway for a visit with our friend Stephanie Landa. ...

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ASA Weighs in on DEA Rescheduling

Paul Marini | November 28, 2007

From our friends at MAPS: In late September, DEA proposed a new rule that would effectively place dronabinol (the active chemical in MARINOL) in Schedule III. Wait a second, isn't MARINOL already in Schedule III? It is. When MARINOL was...

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Appellate Court Strongly Vindicates Patients' Right to Medical Marijuana Seized by Police

Paul Marini | November 28, 2007

Santa Ana, CA -- A California Appeals Court ruled today in favor of Felix Kha, a medical marijuana patient from Garden Grove seeking the return of his 8 grams of medical marijuana that was seized by police. In a ruling...

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